In lieu of the fan criticism about Mass Effect 3’s ending, BioWare announced today a free downloadable content pack that has additional cinematic scenes, which will expand on the game’s ending.

The DLC, titled Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut, will be available this summer for download on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. No specific release date has been announced. Note: The free offer expires April 12, 2014.

“Since launch, we have had time to listen to the feedback from our most passionate fans and we are responding,” Ray Muzyka, co-founder of BioWare, said in the press release. “With the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut we think we have struck a good balance in delivering the answers players are looking for while maintaining the team’s artistic vision for the end of this story arc in the Mass Effect universe.”

The moderators of Demand a better ending to Mass Effect 3 campaign on Facebook, which has grown to more than 60,000 followers since its inception last month, said they were “cautiously optimistic” in a wall post regarding the announcement.

“We need to keep the pressure on them to ensure they stay the course, and give a fitting epilogue to such an amazing series,” one of the moderators wrote on the page’s wall. “If this new DLC lasts about five minutes, and is still very vague then we will not be able to call this a victory.”

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